Learning Institute Certificate Series – Social Entrepreneurship

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Description

Social Entrepreneurship is one of eight nonprofit management courses in the Learning Institute Certificate Series. The course presents standard nonprofit concepts, vocabulary, and strategies through a 90-minute video presentation. A downloadable participant guide reinforces the presentation and contains worksheets and an Organizational Assessment Tool to assist with post-training implementation. The course takes from six to nine hours to complete.

This donation allows one student to enroll in this course. The course is available online to this student for one year.

Benefits for Organizations

If you lead or manage a nonprofit organization or public library, you can learn how to:

Understand the reasons for adopting entrepreneurial strategies

Evaluate the potential of programs, their social purpose and financial impact

Identify factors that determine programs' success

Use "The ESP Grid®," a strategic planning tool for identifying which programs have earned-income potential and which are candidates for either expansion or elimination

Expert Teacher

The course was prepared by Jerr Boschee, Founder and Executive Director of The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs and a Senior Fellow at The Northland Institute. He spent the past 20 years as an advisor to social entrepreneurs in the United States and abroad. The course moderator is Joan Cybela, a professor and distance education specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

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Certificate Available at an Extra Cost

A certificate is not part of the TechSoup offer; it is available through the Learning Institute program of the Society for Nonprofit Organizations (SNPO). Participants can earn 0.6 of a continuing education unit (CEU) for each course from Michigan State University by paying an additional fee to the Learning Institute and submitting completed assignments for evaluation. Successful completion of CEU assignments for the entire series entitles them to the Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from SNPO and Michigan State University.

Memberships Available from SNPO at Full Price

Aside from the Learning Institute courses offered through TechSoup, SNPO offers memberships at three price levels. These memberships provide products and services that help members accomplish their missions more effectively.

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The administrative fee for this product is not refundable, and the product cannot be exchanged.

Obtaining This Product

When TechSoup approves your donation request, we will send a message to your organization email address with instructions for obtaining and activating this product.

System Requirements

Software:

Windows operating system

Web browser set to allow videos to play in web pages and with pop-up blockers disabled temporarily. The site is optimized for Internet Explorer 6 with Windows Media Player 7.1+.

Recipient organizations must be willing and able to provide information to SNPO for the purposes of creating a case study or testimonial on this program.

Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.